T. rex skull found in South Dakota could fetch at least $15M at auction

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Maximus, a 76-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skull weighing 200 pounds, is poised to become one of the most valuable fossils ever sold at auction next month.

Propstore founder and CEO Stephen Lane shows off 'incredibly rare' movie props up for auction on 'Varney & Co.'in New York next month. The skull will be offered without reserve in a single lot, live sale on Dec. 9.

Cassandra Hatton, senior vice president, global head of department, Science & Popular Culture at Sotheby's, touches the tooth of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull excavated from Harding County, South Dakota, in 2020-2021, in New York City on Friday, Nov.than any other location in the world. The site is also known for the excavation of other popular Cretaceous period dinosaurs.

Cassandra Hatton, senior vice president, global head of department, Science & Popular Culture at Sotheby's, points at two large puncture holes likely from a fight with another dinosaur, on a Tyrannosaurus rex skull excavated from Harding County,Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby's head of science and popular culture, told The Associated Press that two large puncture holes in Maximus are evidence of a big fight, likely with another T. rex.

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